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Holiday Havoc in the Bronx December 6
Bronx, NY Nov 20, 2007 On Thursday night
December 6th, DiBella Entertainment, Top Rank and Joe DeGuardia's Star
Boxing presents "VS. FIGHT NIGHT LIVE" at the Utopia Paradise Theater in the
heart of the Bronx.
In the main event, it will be a 10 round Junior Middleweight battle of
talented Eastern Europeans, as NABF CHAMPION and Ukraine born Andrey Tsurkan
(25-2, 16 KO's) defends his title against undefeated Yuri Foreman (23-0, 8
KO's), born in Belarus in a 10 round Junior Middleweight bout. Star Boxing
promoted Tsurkan, who now lives in the Bronx, will be defending his title in
his second straight fight at the Paradise as he viciously knocked out Sammy
Sparkman in the ninth round of a ten round bout in the Bronx on April 11,
2007. Foreman, who lives in Brooklyn, last fought on the undercard of Cotto/Judah
at Madison Square Garden on June 9, 2007 where he won the biggest fight of
his career; a 10 round decision over Anthony Thompson (23-2, 16 KO's).
The co-feature bout is another 10 round Junior Middleweight showdown between
Argentinean Sergio Martinez (40-1-1, 21 KO's) and Ghanaian contender Ossie
Duran (23-6-1, 9 KO's). Martinez will be fighting his first bout under the
DiBella banner. Martinez, who resides in Spain, has won 24 straight fights
including a 4th round knockout of Saul Roman (28-4, 24 KO's) who most
recently knocked out former World Champion Kassim Ouma (25-4-1, 15 KO's) on
November 2. Duran is a slick boxer who has won three out his last four bouts
including three straight decisions over Marcos Primera (20-17-2, 13 KO's),
Gilberto Reyes (18-5-1, 11 KO's), and Jonathan Reid (34-8, 19 KO's).
The televised card will be supported by a loaded undercard featuring DBE's
Spanish Harlem welterweight, Puerto Rican Edgar "El Chamaco" Santana (21-3,
13 KO's), Heavyweight Monte "Two Gunz" Barrett (31-6, 17 KO's) and DBE
cruiserweight Andre "Tombstone" Purlette (39-2, 35 KO's). Star Boxing's
Young Philly welterweight Ray Robinson (5- 0, 1 KO) and one of America's top
amateur heavyweights, Joe Hanks (Pro Debut) will also be on the card.
Tickets priced at $2,000 for VIP Tables of 10 (includes beer, wine, and
dinner), $100, $50, and $30 are available by calling DiBella Entertainment
at (212) 947- 2577 or Star Boxing at (718) 823-2000 and through Ticketmaster
by logging onto www.ticketmaster. com. |
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